SNEE: Nature at Work
Ask yourself, how do you feel when you’ve taken a walk, listened to the rustle of the trees or noticed a bird or squirrel out of your window?
We’re working with the RSPB to investigate whether their innovative nature-based prescribing model could make a difference to the wellbeing of office-based workers (meaning all of us!).
We want to test the concept that connecting with nature can help us feel better in a world full of deadlines, stress and back-to-back meetings.
Please join us in this national pilot project. By taking part, you could boost your own health and wellbeing. Your findings could also help us to discover how to support millions of people nationwide in the future.
Ask yourself, how do you feel when you’ve taken a walk, listened to the rustle of the trees or noticed a bird or squirrel out of your window?
We’re working with the RSPB to investigate whether their innovative nature-based prescribing model could make a difference to the wellbeing of office-based workers (meaning all of us!).
We want to test the concept that connecting with nature can help us feel better in a world full of deadlines, stress and back-to-back meetings.
Please join us in this national pilot project. By taking part, you could boost your own health and wellbeing. Your findings could also help us to discover how to support millions of people nationwide in the future.
Your Photos
Nature inspires us and we want to see how it inspires you.
Please use this area to submit photographs of the amazing beauty
that you see while connecting with nature!
Thank you for sharing your photo with us.
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International Dawn Chorus Day
about 2 months agoInternational Dawn Chorus Day on Sunday 4 May is a celebration of when birdsong is at its brightest and best. This year, the RSPB has teamed up with RNID – the national charity supporting people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus – to encourage everyone to get up early to enjoy nature’s symphony!
Read more about this and find out how to join in How to enjoy birdsong this International Dawn Chorus Day
Listening to birdsong is an incredibly powerful way of improving our health and wellbeing so what better way to start a Sunday than making an... Continue reading -
No Mow May - and Beyond
about 2 months agoPlantlife started No Mow May to help us create spaces where wildlife can thrive. It's an easy way to do your bit for nature.
But if you could mow less often throughout the year you could support your local wildlife even more.There's lots more information here Let it grow! Stop mowing your lawn to help nature including a short video and a free guide.
Be lovely to see any photos of your patch left for wildlife to thrive.
(image: narrow mown paths through an otherwise uncut garden lawn, becoming a meadow, with White clover Trifolium and other wild flowers,... Continue reading -
Cuckoos!
2 months agoJust back from a quick lunchtime walk and heard my first cuckoo of the year. I love hearing their return each spring/summer from their over winter in Africa. I don't think I'd recognise one if I saw it, but their call is so well known - sounds like their name!
Cuckoos are on the red list for UK conservation species as their numbers have declined so much.
Learn more here Cuckoo Bird Facts | Cuculus Canorus
Be great to know if you have heard any yet :)
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Dolphins in the Orwell
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Listening to birdsong
3 months agoBird song is really increasing now - one of the great signs that spring is here!
I had a wonderful few moments before starting work today listening to different birds. I'm not very good at recognising the different calls but I use the Merlin App to help me. I'm always amazed at all the different sounds the Song Thrush makes - soooo very beautiful.
I didn't have long to listen before needing to fire up my laptop, but as evidence shows, regularly just taking a few moments to listen to birdsong can be enough to improve our wellbeing, reduce stress... Continue reading -
Winter walk through the flood meadows
by LouGree, 3 months agoOn a beautiful sunny winter day on 24th February 2025 it was a delight to walk through the water meadows after leaving work. This natural space was soothing to my eyes after looking at screens all day. Memories returned of my dad showing me as a child the first snowdrops of the year which brought forth a wonderful warm feeling and love within me. The water meadows are a very short walk away from West Suffolk Hospital.
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Butterflies in first week of March
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Pin Mill, Suffolk
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Seasonal colour at Ickworth, Bury St Edmunds
8 months agoBeautiful trees changing colour this Autumn.
My daughter and her fiance visited last weekend and hired cycles to tour the grounds Cycling at Ickworth | Suffolk | National Trust
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Pumpkins reuse, recycle and protect our wildlife
8 months agoEnjoy the festivities but remember to recycle wisely. Pumpkin is also tasty in soups and pies. See the Grubtastic newsletter for more ideas: Oct-24-Grubtastic-newsletter_FINAL.docx
Monthly Calendars
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Nature at work - April 2025 (3.3 MB) (pdf)
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Nature at Work March 2025 calendar (2.94 MB) (pdf)
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Nature at work - Feb 2025.pdf (4.62 MB) (pdf)
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Nature at Work - January 2025 calendar.pdf (597 KB) (pdf)
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2024 Calendars
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Nature Prescriptions - Deccember - 2024.pdf (485 KB) (pdf)
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Nature Prescriptions - November 2024.pdf (799 KB) (pdf)
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Nature Prescriptions - October 2024.pdf (804 KB) (pdf)
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Nature at Work - September 2024 (1.32 MB) (pdf)
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Nature at Work - August 2024 (1.13 MB) (pdf)
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Nature at Work - July 2024 (265 KB) (pdf)
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Nature at Work - June 2024 (917 KB) (pdf)
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Nature at Work - May 2024.pdf (608 KB) (pdf)
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Nature at Work - April Calendar (510 KB) (pdf)
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Nature at Work - March Calendar (694 KB) (pdf)
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Key Dates - We have some inspiring guest speakers coming to join us for lunch and learn sessions, find a list of upcoming topics below...
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23 April 2025
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26 March 2025
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15 May 2024
Previous Lunch & Learn Sessions
Who's Listening
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